aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
ik bebas ke neer se puchho
kitni peed hai chhati me
kya hai uska dosh wo murakh
kyu janma is jaati me
pal pal mann me kaisi chita jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale

atyachari pawan chali hai
aur prano ka deep bujha
jiwan kaaraawas tha
jaisa koi bandak mukt hua
raina bhi aaye toh
raina bhi aaye toh dhup na dhale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale

ik balak ke rakt se likh do
vedo or purano me
kiska kiska naam likha hai
dharm danush ke bano me
pucho ye papo ki
pucho ye papo ki reet kyu chale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale
aatma jale aatma jale

Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns.
Ask the tears of the helpless,
How much pain resides in the breast?
What is their fault, O fool,
Why were they born in this caste?
Moment by moment, what pyre consumes the mind?
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns.

A tyrannical wind blows,
And extinguishes the lamp of life.
Life was a prison,
As if a captive were freed.
Even when night comes,
Even when night comes, the sun does not set.
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns.

Write with the blood of a child,
In the Vedas and the Puranas.
Whose names are inscribed,
In the arrows of religious bows?
Ask why the ways of sin,
Ask why the ways of sin, continue.
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns,
Soul burns, soul burns.